Practice Exercises  Q: Answer ANY TWO of the following three questions, in about 40-50 words. i. How did Franz find teaching and learning on the last day? ii. What qualities of Mr. Lamb drew Derry toward him? iii . When did the…

Cultural study and Raymond William's contribution to cultural studies  Ans . Raymond Williams's ( 1977 ) " Structures of feeling , " in Marxism and Literature To do with things we think of as currently present &…

The concept of ' Resistance to theory   Ans . In 1982 , Steven Knapp and Walter Benn Michael published an essay entitled , " Against Theory " in the Critical inquiry . Seven responses to that essay as well as a rejo…

Criticism a Science Ans . If criticism is a science , it is also , as Sainte Beuve says , " an art , requiring a clever artist . " - " Poetry can only be touched by a poet . " It has been further suggested tha…

Criticism through the point of of a critic  Ans . It has been said " The critic , if he is studying an old work , a classic , a book well read by all the world , must think away all the accretions of time and other men's…

The concept of theory in India  Ans . Indian literature traditionally , like all other ancient literatures , has been oral . In this context of orality , literature has been an act of public communication . It has been a kind of …

The development from ' Criticism ' to Theory   Answer: The notable development in the literary studies, as these have evolved in all English Speaking countries over the past quarter - century or so, is the proliferat…

Aristotle's observations on Poetry   Ans. In his Poetics Aristotle developed the theories of Plato on lines of his her own. He improved upon Plato's theory of imitation which to him stood for falsehood and immortalit…

Literature and   Literary Criticism    Literature The term " Literature " , as Raymond Williams has reminded us , is of comparatively recent origin Originally , it referred to , as indeed it still does , any written ,…